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Advocates have long supported reforming current state and federal prohibitions against growing, trading and consuming marijuana. But existing evidence of the economic benefits of legalizing, regulating and taxing marijuana is even more compelling, particularly in today's trying times.

Gabachos are sick and tired of more Mexican people coming into the U.S., but they have no one but themselves to blame. Like the song by Molotov, "Aunque nos hagan la fama/de que somos vendedores/de la droga que sembramos/ustedes son consumidores."

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Last June, a girl named Johna Chase began following me on Twitter. I didn’t recognize her name so I clicked on her profile pic. My screen filled with the black-and-white image of a girl’s face. She stood sideways, but her face was turned to the camera.

At 26, Altman had never had an orgasm, so she embarked on a yearlong search for satisfaction. Her personality improbably shape shifts through the various chest-thumpingly macho stereotypes of male adventure fiction.

“I’ll tell you the Seven Laws of Successful Whoring!” he said, like a life coach for the downwardly mobile. And I have to admit, the laws were adorable. Sweetie, phone home. That was an E.T. reference. Money before honey.